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IFAC-PapersOnLine

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2002

ISSN2405-8963

✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Scorei

0.324

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.507

Total Worksi

29,397

Total Citationsi

192,425

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.78

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Control and Systems Engineering.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2002

Annual Volume~ 2,460 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications29,397

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2405-8963

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

3.4k

36k

2018

2.5k

24k

2019

3.2k

18k

2020

1.7k

9.8k

2021

3.1k

16k

2022

2.1k

6.8k

2023

2.3k

2024

1.3k

2025

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Control and Systems EngineeringUnranked

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Control and Systems Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Control Systems OptimizationFault Detection and Control SystemsControl Systems and IdentificationAdaptive Control of Nonlinear SystemsStability and Control of Uncertain SystemsDistributed Control Multi-Agent SystemsRobotic Path Planning AlgorithmsControl and Stability of Dynamical SystemsFlexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing SystemsIterative Learning Control Systems

Frequently asked questions about IFAC-PapersOnLine

Is IFAC-PapersOnLine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IFAC-PapersOnLine: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of IFAC-PapersOnLine?

IFAC-PapersOnLine is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.324.

Is IFAC-PapersOnLine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IFAC-PapersOnLine is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of IFAC-PapersOnLine?